Ice-creeper.



PATENTED JULY 25, 1905.

J. WEISS.

ICE GREBPER.

APPLICATION 2mm MAR. 21, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

lCE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Batented July 25, 1905.

Application filed March 21, 1905. Serial No. 251,253.

To all whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, JACOB \Vnrss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Highland Falls, in the county of Orange and State of NewYork. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Creepers;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to ice-creepers;and its object is to provide asimple device of this character which can be quickly placed in positionupon shoes of different sizes and which can be adjusted to the width ofthe shoe on which it is used.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of alongitudinally-act justable base having depending spurs, and from theends of this base extend spring bowshaped arms adapted to embrace andclamp upon the shoe of the wearer.

The invention also consists of the further novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of myinvention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my ice-creeperapplied to a shoe in the position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the position assumed by the creeper when not in use. Fig. 3 isan enlarged perspective View of the ice-creeper. Fig. 4: is a detailview of the base of the creeper inverted.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 and 2 are themembers constituting the base of the ice-creeper, and each of thesemembers has one end struck downward, preferably at right angles, asshown at 3, and provided with integral spurs 4. The member 1 has a slot5 extending longitudinally thereinto from its inner end, and this slotis adapted to receive a tongue 6, extending from the inner end of member2. A cross-strip 7 extends under the slotted portion of member 1 andreceives a threaded stem 8, projecting from a plate 9, which alsoextends across the slotted portion of member 1. Said member isinterposed between plate 9 and strip 7, and

therefore by turning the thumb-nut 10 on the stem 8 the member 1 can betightly clamped between said plate 9 and strip 7 and the tonguethereforelocked in any desired position within slot 5. By constructingthe base in the manner herein described the same can be adjusted to fitshoes of different widths.

oppositely-disposed similar spring-arms 11 are secured to the outer endsof the members 1 and 2, and the free ends overlapped thereby form anarch for receiving the shoe to which the creeper is applied. To connectthe creeper to a shoe, the arms are sprung open and the shoe is insertedtherebetween until the base assumes a position in front of the heel ofthe shoe. The arms 11 are then released and automatically clamped uponthe shoe, and therefore hold the creeper securely in position. Should itbe desired to temporarily remove the creeper from its position upon thesole of the shoe, it can be detached by spreading apart the arms 11, andsaid arms can then be sprung upon the ankle portion of the shoe.

It will be seen that this device is very simple and inexpensive inconstruction and can be quickly applied to or removed from a shoe. Byemploying spring-arms it becomes unnecessary to use buckles or likesecuring means. Moreover, by reason of the peculiar construction of thebase the same can be quickly adjusted to any desired length.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself theretoyas I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right tomake such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I therefore claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a longitudinallyadjustable base having spurs,and means for locking the base in the adjusted position; ofoppositelydisposed, bowed spring-arms extending from the ends of thebase and normally overlapping.

2. An ice-creeper comprising a longitudinally-slotted base member, asecond member having a tongue movably mounted within the to thisspecification in the presence of two subslot, means of locking thetongue in adjusted scribing, Witnesses.

position Within the slot, spurs extending from JACOB WEIQS the basemembers, and oppositely-disposed spring-arms extending from the members,Witnesses:

said arms normally overlapping. JOSEPH YAGEL,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name JOHN TIERNEY.

